BERLIN: Bayer Leverkusen centre back Jonathan Tah received his first Germany call-up on Friday for their friendly internationals against England and Italy this month. The 20-year-old central defender, who has been in fine form in his first season at Leverkusen, got the nod after injured defenders Jerome Boateng and Benedikt Hoewedes were ruled...

A friendly match between Armenia and Belarus will take place in Republican stadium after Vazgen Sargsyan on March 25, the FFA says on its website. Head coach of the Armenian national team Varujan Sukiasyan has called up 27 players from abroad to take part in the training camp from 21 to 25 March which will be held in the FFA technical centre:...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Friday urged the United States and the European Union to maintain their economic sanctions on Russia until Moscow does its part in bringing an end to the conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The...

Russian President Vladimir Putin looks in a window aboard a helicopter while flying over the construction site of the Kerch Strait bridge in Crimea, Friday. (Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)Russian President Vladimir Putin travelled to Crimea on Friday to mark the second anniversary of the peninsula’s annexation and...

The European Union called on Friday for more countries to impose sanctions on Russia over its annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula two years ago, but the Kremlin said Crimea was Russian land and its status non-negotiable. …read more Source: Channel...

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has been handed a return to Borussia Dortmund, with the Reds facing the German side in the Europa League quarter-finals, the BBC reports. Klopp, 48, left Dortmund last summer after leading them to two Bundesliga titles and a Champions League final. Sevilla, trying to win the competition for the third successive...

Syria is of no value for Russia, says Director of the Caucasus Institute Alexander Iskandaryan. He adds that during this period Russia has fulfilled its tasks in Syria that is why Russia decided to pull part of its troops out of Syria. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Armen Navasardyan says Russia’s move was not unexpected for...